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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 88 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BLOUSE , a word (taken from the

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French) used for any loosely fitting bodice belted at the

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WAIST

waist . In

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France it meant originally the loose upper garment of

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LINEN

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cotton, generally

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BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue, worn by French workmen to preserve their clothing, and, by transference, the workman himself .

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